Use Of Unsupervised Sunbeds By Under 18 Year Olds

EDM number 1192 in 2008-09, proposed by Sian C James on 25/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families and Diseases.

That this House expresses concern that under 18 year olds are able to easily access unsupervised sunbed salons; notes that unsupervised sunbed salons have no staff to prevent under 18 year olds using sunbeds; further notes that both the World Health Organisation and the European Union have expressed the view that under 18 year olds should not use sunbeds; further notes that sunbed use when young is associated with an increased risk of skin cancer; further notes with alarm the increase in incidence rates of malignant melanoma over the last 20 years; recognises the commitment in the Cancer Reform Strategy to review options for addressing sunbed consumer safety; and calls on the Government to prohibit use of sunbeds by under 18 year olds, provide evidence-based health information in sunbed salons and prohibit unsupervised sunbed salons.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.